Chairman, you're really too kind. You cooked for yourself, and you even made two portions for us bodyguards. They're so delicious, too. Sob, I'm so moved I could cry. Chairman, from now on, you are my heaven and my earth. Wherever your finger points is the direction I'll advance in. I'll go through fire and water for you without hesitation!
Du Mingxi was expressing her utmost loyalty.
She had only stopped short of saying, Chairman, I like you. I'm willing to die for you.
But she was, after all, only an eighteen-year-old girl.
She had never been in love before and was still somewhat shy, so she didn't dare confess directly.
Seeing Du Mingxi say all that, Gu Ziyun felt that if she didn't say something too, she would seem too unusual and out of place. So she joined in and praised him enthusiastically.
Of course.
Her praise came from the heart. She wasn't putting on an act this time.
She suddenly realized that after meeting Ding Ling, she seemed to have fewer and fewer occasions to put on an act.
Why was that?
Very quickly.
She discovered the root of it.
It was simply because Ding Ling was too outstanding—so outstanding that even she, who was exceptional herself, seemed like a firefly before him, utterly insignificant. Naturally, she no longer needed to hide herself so carefully.
Of course.
She couldn't possibly be foolish enough to flaunt her brilliance and reveal all her strengths.
She had merely shown a little more of her personality.
As for her abilities? She felt that standing out too much wasn't a good thing.
Although every time Ding Ling displayed his abilities, she was left utterly shaken and would briefly question her entire life, feeling that she still hadn't mastered her own skills.
Yet after